The Weather Woman

(Lucus)

The local weather woman of a remote town is the only one who can warn against flash floods that threaten the area. Among the residents her ability is considered an almost super-natural power, which grants her a special status, but when she predicts disasters not all are ready to hear what she has to say. The Weather Woman, the Teacher, and the Girl and the Fish, the three chapters of the novel, tell the story of three members of one family who live beside each other but stand out in their loneliness within this world.

This is a work about our relationship with nature and about our attempts to domesticate the wild.  

"A perceptive symbolic-psychological literary work that describes the borders between the wild and the domesticated, whilst at the same time examining whilst at the same time examining the human fear of nature, as well as the human primal longing towards it and the violent possibilities in it"
from the review of the referees for the Brenner Prize
"A fascinating and thought provoking literary vision about writing in a period of changing relations with nature"
Keren Dotan
Israel Hayom
"Everything in this novella is compact and precise ... Weiss Gabbay moulds stories with language as with wet clay ... "Human-nature relations" is a big, pretentious theme, but this humble and minor novella, like good works of art, abstains from preaching. The change will take place through the heart"
Netta Ahituv
Haaretz
"A powerful book that presents an existential being that differs from the national or political ones. An original, intriguing and compact plot that remains in the heart"
Gilit Chomsky
Makor Rishon

KIDSTORY
(Kinneret Zmora-Dvir/Fischer Verlage)

How did children live in the past? What did they dream about, what did they believe in? What did Ili draw on the walls of his home-cave, and what did Mei-Ling draw on the paper invented in her time? What kind of toys did Livia have in ancient Rome, and what did Ur-Mama think on his way to the world’s first school? The book introduces us to children’s lives around the world, from a million and a half years ago to the present day. Illustrations: Shiraz Fuman.
"Clever and brilliant and beautiful: I read one story after the next and I am constantly amazed - such wisdom, such knowledge, such intelligence, and how much talent... a 'must' book."
Atara Ofek
HA'MITLAHEVET

Blind Spot – a collection of short stories
(Ha’Kibutz Ha’Meuchad)

Stories about what almost happened and what may yet happen.

“A rich and colorful collection of stories … her writing is precise and intelligent … Weiss’ Blind Spot has a uniqueness of its own that makes it more worthy to read than many other first books published these days.”
Yoram Meltzer​
NRG

Tali Under the Table
(Kinneret Zmora-Dvir)

Tali is angry and refuses to join everyone seated at the table . Illustrations: Zoya Cherkassky-Nnadi. The book was chosen by the “PJ Library Program” to be distributed to every child in about 7,000 preschools throughout Israel during 2020. 

"A perfect story ... empowers children."
Shai Rodin​
A MUST READ​
"Oh, such a sweet story!" ​
Atara Ofek​
HA'MITLAHEVET​

Just an Empty Field
(Children’s book)
(Kinneret Zmora)

One morning the neighborhood’s children discover a shortcut to their kindergarten that goes through an abandoned field.

Isn’t it great! We can pave a path through the field because there is nothing in it, just thorns, stones and dirt. But maybe there is actually something there?

If you open your eyes and stay quiet you will perhaps find out what hides in the empty field, because only when you look closely you can find out that there are no empty places.

"A heart-warming story ... it invites the readers to discover nature's wonders"
Nira Levin
DafDaf
"A great book that reminds us of basic principals"
Carmit Sapir Witz
Maariv

Zeppelin – A short novel
(Keter Books)

A week in a young couple’s life.

"Beautiful, skilled, written with a confident hand and talent." ​
Omri Herzog​
Haaretz
"A beautiful and sensitive text with rare aesthetic values, turning Weiss into one of the more intriguing writers here … a touch of utmost inspiration.”
Ran Bin-Nun​
YNET